Davies, Dawn (2021). CIL:38918, vestibular hair cell, neuron. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0Q23Z3Q

Confocal image of a section through a region of the inner ear called the vestibular organ, which is part of a complex arrangement of tubes and chambers that work together to enable us to keep our balance. As our heads move, fluid flows over the hair bundles (red) pushing them backwards and forwards. The nerves (green) connected to the base of the hair cells then send messages to the brain. By interpreting these movements the brain enables us to make any compensating movements and so keep our balance. The cell nuclei are stained blue.

• 2021

• Davies, Dawn

B0005954 Nerves and hair cells in the organ of balance. Wellcome Images available under the following creative commons usage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Preparation: chemically fixed tissue
Relation to intact cell: sectioned tissue
Item type: recorded image
Imaging mode: confocal microscopy
Parameter imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of contrast: distribution of epitope
Visualization methods: primary antibody plus labeled secondary antibody
Processing history: unprocessed raw data

• Neuron
• Nucleus
• Vestibular hair cell

• Detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 38918

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0Q23Z3Q

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL38918

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• Wellcome Collection Images: https://wellcomecollection.org/works

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2022-08-12